🤖 What to read in test automation?

I often get asked about good books on test automation. I have been reading a lot of books over the years, and I wanted to share my list of good ones for test automation engineers.

NOTE: I have not included books on particular tools or frameworks, as they are not relevant for long-term reading.

One more thing: I will keep this list updated, so feel free to check it out later.

📚 The list

Here is the list of good books on test automation I have read over the years

• 📖 “Contract Testing in Action: With Pact, PactFlow, and GitHub Actions”
• 📖 “Software Testing with Generative AI”
• 📖 “Software Testing Strategies: A testing guide for the 2020s”
• 📖 “Automation Awesomeness: 260 actionable affirmations to improve your QA and automation testing skills”
• 📖 “Test Automation Engineering Handbook”
• 📖 “Effective Software Testing: A developer’s guide”
• 📖 “Testing Web APIs”
• 📖 “Full Stack Testing: A Practical Guide for Delivering High Quality Software”
• 📖 “Test Automation Fundamentals”
• 📖 “Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fifth Edition”
• 📖 “Team Guide to Software Testability”
• 📖 “Test Automation: A manager’s guide”
• 📖 “Software Engineering at Google”
• 📖 “Complete Guide to Test Automation: Techniques, Practices, and Patterns for Building and Maintaining Effective Software Projects”
• 📖 “Testing Java Microservices: Using Arquillian, Hoverfly, AssertJ, JUnit, Selenium, and Mockito”
• 📖 “Developer Testing: Building Quality into Software”
• 📖 “The “A” Word. Under the Covers of Test Automation”
• 📖 “Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation”
• 📖 “How Google Tests Software”
• 📖 “Implementing Automated Software Testing: How to Save Time and Lower Costs While Raising Quality”
• 📖 “xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code”